The
Ninth Circuit Court has stayed more than a couple of Trump’s executive
orders and he’s threatened to shut them down for usurping his power. Sen. McCain (R-AZ) and Sen. Flake
(R-AZ) appear to agree with this have introduced legislation this week to
do so. Sen. Daines (R-MT) and Sen. Sullivan (R-AK) also put forth
similar legislation this week. The ninth circuit court, which covers California,
Washington, Oregon, Hawaii, Alaska, Arizona, Nevada, Idaho and Montana,
plus Guam and the Northern Mariana Islands, is the largest appellate court
in the USA. The senators proposing this legislation come from
conservative states and unsaid in the legislation but a long held belief
by conservatives is that this court is too liberal in its decisions.
However, their stated reason is that the court has too many cases.
"Ninth Circuit Judge Alex Kozinski, a Ronald Reagan appointee, saidThursdaythat every attempt to split up
the court has been misguided. By staying large, he said, the circuit can
reallocate judges to where they’re needed most. The reason for the backlog
over the years, he said, has been
largely the result of open seats staying vacant for months, and a
resistance to adding more judges to the circuit. “The problem is not
solved until you appoint more judges.” The court is opposed to the split. http://www.businessinsider.com/trump-says-hes-absolutely-looking-at-breaking-up-the-9th-circuit-court-2017-4 Let’s
let our senators know that we don't want the ninth circuit court split
either and want them to vote no on these pieces of legislation.

"U.S. President Donald Trump has signed
an executive order to allow national monument designations to be rescinded
or reduce the size of sites as the administration pushes to open up more
federal land to drilling, mining and other development." Trump
and his Republican colleagues are making the predictable argument that
states, not the federal government, should have the right to decide
"which land is protected and which is open for development."
http://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-interior-monuments-idUSKBN17S1MH 31 senators, led by Tom Udall
(D-NM), have sent an open letter to Trump objecting to the EO. Why don't
we join Udall in telling Trump "Americans care deeply about the
National Monuments and their voices should be considered if you proceed
with any potential changes to the monument designations." We can let
45 know by sending him an email or calling him: https://www.whitehouse.gov/contact. On
Twitter, there is a hashtag associated with critique of this EO, so let's
use it in our tweets: #MonumentsforAll.

From
one of our own: A tip to stay safe
-- When you see petition or donation sites, go to a WHOIS search (such as https://www.whois.com/whois/
) and type in the domain name and see where the domain is owned,
registered and managed. For instance, I just deleted a couple of donation
links from a group called "crowdjustice[dot]org. That domain is
registered, owned and managed in Panama. Panama does not have to adhere to
the United States FCC laws and regulations. Your information - name,
address, phone number, email address, BROWSING HISTORY,
credit/debit card information - all of that can be up for grabs by anyone
in the world that wants to buy it. Stay safe everyone!!

Common Cause, a nonprofit,
nonpartisan citizen's lobbying organization promoting open, honest and
accountable government, gives us an insight into the ethics of Trump’s
first 100 days showing it may be the most corrupt in our history. They also offer a petition as well.
Let’s read and sign: https://stateoftheswamp.com/

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Rogan’s List is a daily, thoroughly vetted action list for people who are unhappy with the current administration and who want to become more politically involved, but do not have time for the research. The compiler, Susan Goodrich Rogan, is a retired librarian who has worked in university, community college, and elementary school libraries. She is the mother of eleven and the grandmother of nine..